Dark Legacy

by Christine Feehan

  Sarna Rituaali (The Ritual Words)

  Te avio palafertiilam.

  You are my lifemate.

  Entolam kuulua, avio palafertiilam.

  I claim you as my lifemate.

  Ted kuuluak, kacad, kojed.

  I belong to you.

  Elidamet andam.

  I offer my life for you.

  Pesamet andam.

  I give you my protection.

  Uskolfertiilamet andam.

  I give you my allegiance.

  Sivamet andam.

  I give you my heart.

  Sielamet andam.

  I give you my soul.

  Ainamet andam.

  I give you my body.

  Sivamet kuuluak kaik etta a ted.

  I take into my keeping the same that is yours.

  Ainaak olenszal sivambin.

  Your life will be cherished by me for all my time.

  Te elidet ainaak pide minan.

  Your life will be placed above my own for all time.

  Te avio palafertiilam.

  You are my lifemate.

  Ainaak sivamet jutta oleny.

  You are bound to me for all eternity.

  Ainaak terad vigyazak.

  You are always in my care.

  To hear these words pronounced (and for more about Carpathian pronunciation altogether), please visit: https://www.christinefeehan.com/members/.

  Sarna Kontakawk (The Warriors' Chant) is another longer example of the Carpathian language. The warriors' council takes place deep beneath the earth in a chamber of crystals with magma far below it, so the steam is natural and the wisdom of their ancestors is clear and focused. This is a sacred place where they bloodswear to their prince and people and affirm their code of honor as warriors and brothers. It is also where battle strategies are born and all dissension is discussed as well as any concerns the warriors have that they wish to bring to the council and open for discussion.

  Sarna Kontakawk (The Warriors' Chant)

  Veri isaakank--veri ekaakank.

  Blood of our fathers--blood of our brothers.

  Veri olen elid.

  Blood is life.

  Andak veri-elidet Karpatiiakank, es wake-sarna ku meke arwa-arvo, irgalom, han ku agba, es wake kutni, ku manaak verival.

  We offer that life to our people with a bloodsworn vow of honor, mercy, integrity and endurance.

  Verink sokta; verink kaNGa terad.

  Our blood mingles and calls to you.

  Akasz enak ku kaNGa es juttasz kuntatak it.

  Heed our summons and join with us now.

  To hear these words pronounced (and for more about Carpathian pronunciation altogether), please visit: https://www.christinefeehan.com/members/.

  See Appendix 1 for Carpathian healing chants, including the Kepa Sarna Pus (The Lesser Healing Chant), the En Sarna Pus (The Great Healing Chant), the Odam-Sarna Kondak (Lullaby) and the Sarna Pusm O Maget (Song to Heal the Earth).

  4. A MUCH-ABRIDGED CARPATHIAN DICTIONARY

  This very-much-abridged Carpathian dictionary contains most of the Carpathian words used in the Dark books. Of course, a full Carpathian dictionary would be as large as the usual dictionary for an entire language (typically more than a hundred thousand words).

  Note: The Carpathian nouns and verbs below are word stems. They generally do not appear in their isolated "stem" form, as below. Instead, they usually appear with suffixes (e.g., andam--I give, rather than just the root, and).

  a--verb negation (prefix); not (adverb).

  acke--pace, step.

  acke entolem it--take another step toward me.

  agba--to be seemly; to be proper (verb). True; seemly; proper (adj.) ai--oh.

  aina--body (noun).

  ainaak--always; forever.

  o ainaak jela peje emnimet NGamaNG--sun scorch that woman forever (Carpathian swear words).

  ainaaka--never.

  ainaakfel--old friend.

  ak--suffix added after a noun ending in a consonant to make it plural.

  aka--to give heed; to hearken; to listen.

  aka-arvo--respect (noun).

  akarat--mind; will (noun).

  al--to bless; to attach to.

  alatt--through.

  aldyn--under; underneath.

  al@--to lift; to raise.

  alte--to bless; to curse.

  amaNG--this; this one here; that; that one there.

  and--to give.

  and sielet, arwa-arvomet, es jelamet, kuulua huvemet ku feaj es kodet ainaak--to trade soul, honor and salvation for momentary pleasure and endless damnation.

  andasz entolem irgalomet!--have mercy!

  arvo--value; price (noun).

  arwa--praise (noun).

  arwa-arvod--honor (noun).

  arwa-arvod mane me kodak--may your honor hold back the dark (greeting).

  arwa-arvo olen gaeidnod, ekam--honor guide you, my brother (greeting).

  arwa-arvo olen isanta, ekam--honor keep you, my brother (greeting).

  arwa-arvo pile sivadet--may honor light your heart (greeting).

  as--no (exclamation).

  assa--no (before a noun); not (with a verb that is not in the imperative); not (with an adjective).

  assatotello--disobedient.

  asti--until.

  avaa--to open.

  avio--wedded.

  avio palafertiil--lifemate.

  avoi--uncover; show; reveal.

  baszu--revenge; vengeance.

  belso--within; inside.

  bur--good; well.

  bur tule ekamet kuntamak--well met brother-kin (greeting).

  cada--to flee; to run; to escape.

  cac3--to be born; to grow.

  coro--to flow; to run like rain.

  csecsemo--baby (noun).

  csitri--little one (female).

  diutal--triumph; victory.

  dzinot--brief; short.

  eci--to fall.

  ej--not (adverb, suffix); nej when preceding syllable ends in a vowel.

  ek--suffix added after a noun ending in a consonant to make it plural.

  eka--brother.

  ekam--my brother.

  ela--to live.

  elasz arwa-arvoval--may you live with honor; live nobly (greeting).

  elasz jelabam ainaak--long may you live in the light (greeting).

  elava--alive.

  elava ainak majaknak--land of the living.

  elid--life.

  ema--mother (noun).

  Ema Mage--Mother Nature.

  emaen--grandmother.

  embe--if; when.

  embe karmasz--please.

  emni--wife; woman.

  emni han ku kod alte--cursed woman.

  emni kuNGenak ku assatotello--disobedient lunatic.

  emnim--my wife; my woman.

  en--I.

  en--great; many; big.

  en han ku pesa--the protector (literally: the great protector).

  en Karpatii--the prince (literally: the great Carpathian).

  ena--most.

  enkojra--wolf.

  en jutta felet es ekamet--I greet a friend and brother (greeting).

  en magenak--I am of the earth.

  en oma mageka--I am as old as time (literally: as old as the earth).

  En Puwe--The Great Tree. Related to the legends of Ygddrasil, the axis mundi, Mount Meru, heaven and hell, etc.

  engem--of me.

  es--and.

  ev--year.

  evsatz--century.

  ete--before; in front of.

  etta--that.

  faz--to feel cold or chilly.

  fel--fellow; friend.

  fel ku kuuluaak sivam belso--beloved.

  fel ku vigyazak--dear one.

  feldolgaz--prepare.

  fertiil--fertile one.

  fesztelen--airy.

  fu--herbs; grass.

  gaeidno--road; way.

  gond--care; worry; love (noun).

  han--he; she; it; one.

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nbsp; han agba--it is so.

  han ku--prefix: one who; he who; that which.

  han ku agba--truth.

  han ku kaswa o numamet--sky-owner.

  han ku kuulua sivamet--keeper of my heart.

  han ku lejkka wake-sarnat--traitor.

  han ku meke piramet--defender.

  han ku pesa--protector.

  han ku pesak kaikak--guardians of all.

  han ku piwta--predator; hunter; tracker.

  han ku pusm--healer.

  han ku saa kuc3aket--star-reacher.

  han ku tappa--killer; violent person (noun). Deadly; violent (adj.).

  han ku tuulmahl elidet--vampire (literally: life-stealer).

  han ku vie elidet--vampire (literally: thief of life).

  han ku vigyaz sielamet--keeper of my soul.

  han ku vigyaz sivamet es sielamet--keeper of my heart and soul.

  han sivamak--beloved.

  hangem--him; her; it.

  hank--they.

  hany--clod; lump of earth.

  hisz--to believe; to trust.

  ho--how.

  ida--east.

  igazag--justice.

  ila--to shine.

  inan--mine; my own (endearment).

  irgalom--compassion; pity; mercy.

  isa--father (noun).

  isanta--master of the house.

  it--now.

  jaguar--jaguar.

  jaka--to cut; to divide; to separate.

  jakam--wound; cut; injury.

  jalleen--again.

  jama--to be sick, infected, wounded or dying; to be near death.

  jamatan--fallen; wounded; near death.

  jela--sunlight; day, sun; light.

  jela keje terad--light sear you (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje kaik hankanak--sun scorch them all (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje emnimet--sun scorch the woman (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje terad--sun scorch you (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela peje terad, emni--sun scorch you, woman (Carpathian swear words).

  o jela sielamak--light of my soul.

  joma--to be under way; to go.

  joee--to come; to return.

  joeesz arwa-arvoval--return with honor (greeting).

  joNGesz entolem, fel ku kuuluaak sivam belso--come to me, beloved.

  jotka--gap; middle; space.

  jotkan--between.

  juo--to drink.

  juosz es elasz--drink and live (greeting).

  juosz es olen ainaak sielamet jutta--drink and become one with me (greeting).

  juta--to go; to wander.

  juti--night; evening.

  jutta--connected; fixed (adj.). To connect; to join; to fix; to bind (verb).

  k--suffix added after a noun ending in a vowel to make it plural.

  kac3--gift.

  kaca--male lover.

  kadi--judge.

  kaik--all.

  kakta--two; many.

  kaktaverit--mixed blood (literally: two bloods).

  kalma--corpse; death; grave.

  kaNGa--to call; to invite; to summon; to request; to beg.

  kaNGk--windpipe; Adam's apple; throat.

  karma--want.

  Karpatii--Carpathian.

  karpatii ku kod--liar.

  Karpatiikunta--the Carpathian people.

  kasi--hand.

  kaswa--to own.

  kada--to abandon; to leave; to remain.

  kada wakeva ov o kod--stand fast against the dark (greeting).

  kat--house; family (noun).

  katt3--to move; to penetrate; to proceed.

  keje--to cook; to burn; to sear.

  kepa--lesser; small; easy; few.

  kessa--cat.

  kessa ku toro--wildcat.

  kessake--little cat.

  kidu--to wake up; to arise (intransitive verb).

  kim--to cover an entire object with some sort of covering.

  kinn--out; outdoors; outside; without.

  kinta--fog; mist; smoke.

  kislany--little girl.

  kislany kuNGenak--little lunatic.

  kislany kuNGenak minan--my little lunatic.

  kod--fog; mist; darkness; evil (noun). Foggy, dark; evil (adj.).

  kod alte han--darkness curse it (Carpathian swear words).

  o kod belso--darkness take it (Carpathian swear words).

  kod elava es kod nime kutni nimet--evil lives and has a name.

  kod jutasz belso--shadow take you (Carpathian swear words).

  koj--let; allow; decree; establish; order.

  koje--man; husband; drone.

  kola--to die.

  kolasz arwa-arvoval--may you die with honor (greeting).

  kolatan--dead; departed.

  koma--empty hand; bare hand; palm of the hand; hollow of the hand.

  kond--all of a family's or clan's children.

  kont--warrior; man.

  kont o sivanak--strong heart (literally: heart of the warrior).

  kor3--basket; container made of birch bark.

  kor3nat--containing; including.

  ku--who; which; that; where; which; what.

  kuc3--star.

  kuc3ak!--stars! (exclamation).

  kudeje--descent; generation.

  kuja--day; sun.

  kule--to hear.

  kulke--to go or to travel (on land or water).

  kulkesz arwa-arvoval, ekam--walk with honor, my brother (greeting).

  kulkesz arwaval, joeesz arwa arvoval--go with glory, return with honor (greeting).

  kuly--intestinal worm; tapeworm; demon who possesses and devours souls.

  kum--human male.

  kumala--to sacrifice; to offer; to pray.

  kumpa--wave (noun).

  kuna--to lie as if asleep; to close or cover the eyes in a game of hide-and-seek; to die.

  kuNGe--moon; month.

  kunta--band; clan; tribe; family; people; lineage; line.

  kuras--sword; large knife.

  kure--bind; tie.

  kus--worker; servant.

  kutenken--however.

  kutni--to be able to bear, carry, endure, stand or take.

  kutnisz ainaak--long may you endure (greeting).

  kuulua--to belong; to hold.

  kuzo--long.

  laas--west.

  lamti (or lamt3)--lowland; meadow; deep; depth.

  lamti bol juti, kinta, ja szelem--the nether world (literally: the meadow of night, mists, and ghosts).

  lana--daughter.

  lejkka--crack; fissure; split (noun). To cut; to hit; to strike forcefully (verb).

  lewl--spirit (noun).

  lewl ma--the other world (literally: spirit land). Lewl ma includes lamti bol juti, kinta, ja szelem: the nether world, but also includes the worlds higher up En Puwe, the Great Tree.

  liha--flesh.

  louna--south.

  loyly--breath; steam. (related to lewl: spirit).

  luwe--bone.

  ma--land; forest; world.

  magkoszun--thank.

  mana--to abuse; to curse; to ruin.

  mane--to rescue; to save.

  mage--land; earth; territory; place; nature.

  mboce--other; second (adj.).

  me--we.

  megem--us.

  meke--deed; work (noun). To do; to make; to work (verb).

  mic (or mica)--beautiful.

  mica emni kuNGenak minan--my beautiful lunatic.

  minden--every; all (adj.).

  moert?--what for? (exclamation).

  molo--to crush; to break into bits.

  molana--to crumble; to fall apart.

  moo--why; reason.

  mozdul--to begin to move; to enter into movement.

  muoni--appoint; order; prescribe; command.

  muoniak te avoisz te--I command you to reveal yourself.

  musta--memory.

  myos--also.

  m8--thing; what.

  na--close; near.

  na--f
or.

  nabbo--so, then.

  NGamaNGak--these; these ones here; those; those ones there.

  nautish--to enjoy.

  nelkul--without.

  nena--anger.

  nime--name.

  nokunta--kinship.

  numa--god; sky; top; upper part; highest (related to the English word numinous).

  numatorkuld--thunder (literally: sky struggle).

  nup@l--for; to; toward.

  nup@l mam--toward my world.

  nyelv--tongue.

  nyal--saliva; spit. (related to nyelv: tongue).

  niNG3--worm; maggot.

  o--the (used before a noun beginning with a consonant).

  o--like; in the same way as; as.

  odam--to dream; to sleep.

  odam-sarna kondak--lullaby (literally: sleep-song of children).

  olen--to be.

  oma--old; ancient; last; previous.

  omas--stand.

  orem--to forget; to lose one's way; to make a mistake.

  ot--the (used before a noun beginning with a vowel).

  ot (or t)--past participle (suffix).

  ov--to protect against.

  owe--door.

  paamoro--aim; target.

  pajna--to press.

  pala--half; side.

  palafertiil--mate or wife.

  palapala--side by side.

  palj3--more.

  palj3 na entolem--closer.

  partiolen--scout (noun).

  peje--to burn; scorch.

  peje!--burn! (Carpathian swear word).

  peje terad--get burned (Carpathian swear words).

  pel--to be afraid; to be scared of.

  pesa--nest (literal; noun); protection (figurative; noun).

  pesa--nest; stay (literal); protect (figurative).

  pesad te engemal--you are safe with me.

  pesasz jelabam ainaak--long may you stay in the light (greeting).

  pide--above.

  pile--to ignite; to light up.

  pion--soon.

  pira--circle; ring (noun). To surround; to enclose (verb).

  piros--red.

  pita--to keep; to hold; to have; to possess.

  pitaam mustaakad sielpesaambam--I hold your memories safe in my soul.

  pitasz baszu, piwtasz igazaget--no vengeance, only justice.

  piwta--to seek; to follow; to follow the track of game; to hunt; to prey upon.

  poar--bit; piece.

  pohi--north.

  pohoopa--vigorous.

  pukta--to drive away; to persecute; to put to flight.

  pus--healthy; healing.

  puwe--tree; wood.

  rambsolg--slave.

  rauho--peace.

  reka--ecstasy; trance.

  rituaali--ritual.

  sa--sinew; tendon; cord.

  sa4--to call; to name.

  saa--arrive, come; become; get, receive.

  saasz han ku andam szabadon--take what I freely offer.

  sas--shoosh (to a child or baby).

  sage--to arrive; to come; to reach.

  salama--lightning; lightning bolt.

  sarna--words; speech; song; magic incantation (noun). To chant; to sing; to celebrate (verb).

  sarna han agba--claim.

  sarna kontakawk--warriors' chant.

  sarna kunta--alliance (literally: single tribe through sacred words).

  saro--frozen snow.

  satz--hundred.

  siel--soul.

  sieljela isanta--purity of soul triumphs.

  sisar--sister.

  sisarak sivak--sisters of the heart.

  sisarke--little sister.

  siv--heart.

  siv pide kod--love transcends evil.